[c-nsp] Slightly OT: Network Mapping Tools

[Ryan West]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-nsp-
> bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Jeremy Bresley
> 
> http://netdisco.org/
> 
> Netdisco will discover the devices, and put together a rudimentary map of
> the connections.  Be warned, if you have a large network (>500 devices), the
> map may not be very usable and will take a while to generate.  The main uses
> for Netdisco are inventory/discovery rather than mapping.  It does support
> CDP/FDP/LLDP discovery, as well as being able to manually add devices via
> SNMP polling.  It also queries the routers and switches for their MAC and ARP
> tables, making it very easy to find where a particular IP or MAC address lives
> from a quick search.
> And the price tag is right whether it does everything you need or not.
> (Free!)

Netdot is another option.

https://netdot.uoregon.edu/trac/

-ryan